Hook and eye



Patented Oqt. 26

.. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

View of a hook disconnected from the eye.

IRENE PATIENOE KIMBALL, OF OWENSVILLE, INDIANA.

HOOK AND EYE.

v SPECIFICATION formingpart of "LettersPatent No. 592,296, dated October26, 1897.

Application filed February 13, 1897. Serial No. 623,276. on; model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRENE PATIENCE KIM- BALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Owensville, in the county of Gibson and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooksand Eyes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to hooks and eyes such as are generally employedfor fastening garments; and its object is to provide an improvedconstruction of the same which shall be simple and inexpensive tomanufacture and in which there will be no liability of the hook beingaccidentally disengaged from the eye.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing theinvention as it appears when in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the eye disconnected from the hook. Fig. 4 is a viewshowing the hook in the act of being disengaged from the eye. r

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the hook,consisting of a single piece of wire bent over at the center, formingThese arms are contracted or bent inwardly intermediate the ends,forming bends 3, and are then bent outwardly and then upwardly andinwardly,

forming a rearwardly-extending lug or hook 4. The opposite or inner endof one of these arms is formed With a coil 5 and then bent transverselyat a right angle, forming a pin 6. The otherarm 2 is bent' upwardly,forming a lug 7, with which said pin engages, and is then extendedtransversely or across to the other arm, and the extremity bent aroundthe same. The pin 6 is intended to secure the hook to a garment afterthe manner of an ordinary safety-pin.

The numeral 8 designates the eye, made from a single piece of wire bentover at the then extends transversely across to the other arm and isbent around the same.

The said hook and eye are formed of springwire, and the lug or hook 4extends up above or in a different plane from the arms 2. The lug 9 andthe eyes or loops 10 of the eye 8, on the contrary, are in the sameplane with each other.

The manner of using the invention is as follows: The hook and eye aresecured to a garment by means of the pins 6 and 14, and

to connect them together the lug or hook 4 is passed between the arms 12of the eye, as seen in Fig. 4. By now pulling the hook 1 outward thebends of the lug or hook 4-will en gage, respectively, with the eyes orloops 9, as seen in Fig. 1. The bends 11.will now serve as stops for thelug or hook 4, preventing the latter from being accidentally disengagedfrom the said eyes or loops. there is no liability of the hook and eyebeing accidentally disengaged or disconnected from each other.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In ahook and eye, the combination with the hook, consisting of a singlepiece of wire, bent over and contracted at the center and then bentupwardly and backwardly, forming a lug or hook 4, the curved bends 3, inrear thereof and the arms 2, of the eye consisting of a single piece ofwire bent overat the center and formed with an inwardly-extending lug ortongue 9, two curved eyes or loops 10, inclined at an angle with respectto each other, the stop-bends 11, in rear thereof and the arms 12;substantially as described.

By this means 2. In a hook and eye, the combination with the hook madeof a single piece of wire, bent over, or doubled at or near the center,and comprising the lug orhook 4, the bends 3, the arms 2, one of whichis formed with a springcoil 5, and a transverse pin 6, and the otherformed with a lug 7, and then extended transversely across, and securedto said first-mentioned arm, of the eye made from a single clined eyesor loops 10, the bends 11, and the 3 arms 12, one of which arms isformed with a spring-coil 13, and a transverse pin 11, while the otheris formed with a catch or lug 15, and then extended across and securedto the other arm; substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRENE PATIENOE KIMBALL.

Witnesses:

ZOE POLLARD, L. L. POTTER.

